Improvement in enveloped thread-clews



UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE,

LOUIS IWI. F. PATUREAU, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

IMPROVEMENT IN ENVELOPED THREAD-CLEAWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 42,902, dated May 24,1864.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, LoUIs MARIE FnanorsPATUREAU, of Paris, in the Empire of France, manufacturer, have inventeda new and useful Thread-Protecting Clewdox; and I hereby declare thatthe following is a i'ull, clear, and exact description ofthe same.

The invention relates to an improved mode Vention and the manner 1nwhich the same is ot' protecting sewing-thread or other yarn, when madeup into a clew, from becoming` contaminated or soiled by continuoushandling,

being wound oft', as often happens when uni winding thread from a skein.For this purpose I inclose each clew in a small capsule, box, orprotecting-case, by preference made ot' cardboard, fitting round theclew and provided with a hole, through which is left protruding that endof the yarn that is situatedin the interior of the clew, thus allowingtowind ot't' any suitable quantityot' thread from the clew without fear ofthe thread becoming entangled.

The box or protector I prefer making in two halves, hollow semi-spheres,or shells, the rims or borders of which, being applied against eachother, exactly tit together, so as fully to cover the clew insertedbetween them, the said rims bein g further glued, or in any othersuitable manner tixed together, by preference by gluing all round theline ot'junction of the two semi-capsules or shells a small strip ofpaper bearing the manufacturers trade-mark or any other suitableindication or ornament, while in order to allow of examining the yarn orthread of the clew while in the interior of the capsule or protectorthis latter is provided with one or moreholes suitably situated for thatpurpose.

I prefer making the clewboxes or threadprotectors of card-board, butstout paper, thin wood, sheet metal, guttapercha, leather, or othersimilar suitable materials might likewise be made use of for thatpurpose.

Having thus described the nature of my inexecuted, I declare that I donot intend to restrain or restrict myself to any particular shape, size,or material of which my clew-looxes or thread-protectors are to be made,nor to the manner in which the same may be made-viz., by hand or by anysuitable punching' or other machinery.; but what I consider to be noveland original is inclosin g clews of sewingthread or other yarn inasuitable cover ot' card-board or other similar resisting material forprotecting the thread from becoming contaminated, and allowing at thesame time a better winding oft' of the thread or yarn inclosed in suchbox or clew-protector.

I shall therefore state my claim, as follows:

As a new article of manufacture, thread or other yarn prepared for themarket or trade into clews confined in capsules made in two shells gluedtogether by a strip or band ot' paper, one of said shells being providedwith one or more holes, in the manner and for

